The Medical journal of Australia
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To describe the characteristics of patients with burn injury admitted to a major trauma hospital in Melbourne following the Black Saturday bushfires of 7 February 2009, and to provide a detailed analysis of the hospital's response to the crisis. ⋯ Although relatively few patients with severe burns were admitted to VABS, significant increases in resource allocation were required to manage them in terms of additional theatre time, consumables and staffing. The experience of VABS may aid planning for future mass burns casualty events.
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Letter Case Reports
Death and morbidity from supratherapeutic dosing of colchicine.
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Multicenter Study
Aseptic insertion of central venous lines to reduce bacteraemia.
To reduce the rate of central line-associated bacteraemia (CLAB). ⋯ Compliance with all aspects of aseptic CVL insertion significantly reduces the risk of CLAB. A difficulty we experienced was that most ICUs lacked the organisation and staff to support quality improvement and audit.